Some characteristics of model-predicted precipitation during the summer monsoon over India

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-339

  Basu, B K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RAINY DAYS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SUMMER MONSOONS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FORECASTING METHOD; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17844394455     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2198.1     Document Type: Article

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